Lynn Favin

Favin received a double Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Theater from Wesleyan University, where she appeared in numerous plays and musicals.{{cite web|url=http://wesleyanargus.com/2007/11/30/“oedipus-rex”-spooks-audience-with-stunning-visual-performance/

|access-date=2023-04-01|website=Wesleyan Argus|language=en-US|title=“Oedipus Rex” spooks audience with stunning visual performance}} She holds a Master in Fine Arts in Acting from the Old Vic (UK),{{cite web|url=https://www.oldvic.ac.uk/student/lynn-favin/|access-date=2023-04-18|website=Bristol Old Vic Theatre School|language=en-US|title=Lynn Favin}} and trained at Juilliard.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3796912/|access-date=2023-05-20|website=IMDB|language=en-US|title=Lynn Favin}}

Favin is a major recurring voice actor on Robot Chicken seasons 8 through 11, and plays Holly on Elsbeth. She has also guest starred on Veep, Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, The Get Down, and The Show Must Go Online. Her national commercial work includes spots for Subway, Dramamine, American University, and Amazon Prime's Jean-Claude Van Johnson.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAzLILDfBk|access-date=2023-04-01|website=YouTube|language=en-US|title=Lynn Favin (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) - National Commercial Reel}}

In 2024, she starred in the VitaminWater: Brooklyn Bridge commercial directed by Spike Lee.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuwyelXFK4A|access-date=2024-10-01|website=YouTube|language=en-US|title=vitaminwater: brooklyn bridge}}, and is currently in development to star as Soo-Yeon in Gig Work, releasing 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3796912/|access-date=2023-05-20|website=IMDB|language=en-US|title=Lynn Favin}}

In 2025, Favin played cello on Saturday Night Live for Lady Gaga and Bowen Yang in the Season 50, Episode 8 musical routine "Wonderful Tonight".{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35826229/fullcredits/cast|access-date=2025-03-16|website=IMDB|language=en-US|title=Full Cast & Crew: Lady Gaga}}

Favin is a recurring leading actress with the AFI in Los Angeles, with work on the independent film Papa Gorilla Banana, shot in Venice, California. She received top billing as The Cellist in Ving Rhames's movie Uppercut: the Still Version, released in 2023, and Uppercut: the Sparkling Version, released in 2025.

Favin played Rosalind in As You Like It,{{cite web|url=https://mdtheatreguide.com/2015/07/theatre-review-as-you-like-it-at-baltimore-shakespeare-factory/|access-date=2023-03-31|website=MD Theatre Guide|language=en-US|title=Theatre Review: ‘As You Like It’ at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory}} and Glauce in the world premiere of Medea: A Rock Cantata{{cite web|url=http://www.redsharkproductions.com/medea|access-date=2023-04-02|website=Red Shark Productions|language=en-US|title=Medea: A Rock Cantata}} before booking her first National Tour, playing Ophelia in Hamlet,{{cite web|url=https://dctheaterarts.org/2016/08/21/review-hamlet-national-players-olney-theatre-center/

|access-date=2023-03-31|website=DC Theater Arts|language=en-US|title=Review: ‘Hamlet’ at National Players at Olney Theatre Center}} Lily in The Giver,{{cite web|url=https://mdtheatreguide.com/2016/10/theatre-review-the-giver-by-national-players-at-chesapeake-arts-center/|access-date=2023-04-14|website=MD Theatre Guide|language=en-US|title=

Theatre Review: ‘The Giver’ by National Players at Chesapeake Arts Center}} the Narrator/Cellist in Grapes of Wrath in repertory. She was the Inaugural Equity Guest Artist for Shakespeare on the Bluff in Los Angeles,{{cite web|url=https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1013/m20/interior.aspx?sid=1013&gid=1&pgid=4264&cid=6496&ecid=6496&ciid=21287&crid=0|access-date=2023-03-31|website=Loyola Marymount University|language=en-US|title=Shakespeare on the Bluff: "Othello"}} starring as Desdemona in Othello and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and appeared as a Witch in Macbeth with the Shakespeare Theater of Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Theatre-in-Historic-Places-Lummis-House-Doubles-as-Scottish-Castle-for-MACBETH-20170824

|access-date=2023-03-31|website=Broadway World|language=en-US|title=Theatre in Historic Places: Lummis House Doubles as Scottish Castle for MACBETH}} She has numerous regional Equity credits including Life x 3 at Coachella Valley Rep,{{cite web|url=https://cvindependent.com/2022/01/dinner-party-gone-wrong-life-x-3-is-superb-look-at-life-love-and-the-complexities-of-friendship/|access-date=2023-04-02|website=Coachella Valley Independent|language=en-US|title=Dinner Party Gone Wrong: ‘Life x 3’ Is Superb Look at Life, Love and the Complexities of Friendship }} and was in the opening company of the Sarah Play at Round House Theatre.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}

Favin currently lives in New York City and is represented by Buchwald.{{cite web|url=https://portfolio.buchwald.com/departments/voice|access-date=2023-03-31|website=Buchwald|language=en-US|title=Voice Department}}

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